The Basic Life Support (Emergency First Aid for Sport) workshop provides the basic skills, knowledge and understanding required to give care and manage life threatening conditions and illness, specifically focusing on those occurring in a sporting environment.
Workshop description
The Basic Life Support (Emergency First Aid for Sport) workshop provides the basic skills, knowledge and understanding required to give care and manage life threatening conditions and illness, specifically focusing on those occurring in a sporting environment.
The course looks at medical emergency action plans should a situation arise that requires immediate action and includes: conducting a primary survey, basic life support skills including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), concussion, and head injuries.
Who is the workshop for?
The Basic Life Support (Emergency First Aid for Sport) workshop is suitable for coaches, referees, activators and volunteers including those that are required to assist qualified first aiders in the workplace.
What’s the value of this workshop?
This workshop provides learners with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to attend a conscious or unconscious casualty.
Learner eligibility
Learners must be a minimum of least 14 years of age and be able to communicate effectively in English. This workshop involves undertaking practical activity involving kneeling and lying down
Assessment (if applicable)
Informal ongoing assessment will take place throughout the workshop.
What is the difference between a regulated and unregulated course?
Courses will either be a regulated workshop, in which you will receive a certificate issued from a recognised training provider, or unregulated, in which you receive a certificate of attendance.
Progression opportunities:
Learners may go onto complete a higher emergency first aid qualification.
About Us
We are a multi-award-winning organisation, providing high-quality, cost-effective consultancy, management, and education services to sports organisations worldwide. We strive to provide solutions that add value and drive positive change, reflecting the diverse needs of sport and physical activity, underpinned by our strong approach to training and development since our founding by Simon Kirkland in 2002.
Our vision is:
Transform sport and physical activity through empowering and inspiring people.
Achieved through:
Our delivery of high-quality products and services
The development of innovative solutions that drive change and maximise the impact
Providing accessible learning and development opportunities
Our mission is to:
Provide solutions that add value and drive positive change, reflecting the diverse needs of sport and physical activity.
Shaped to drive the work that we do, our values of Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Togetherness were derived from Simon’s dedication to providing services that suit the timescales of consultants while delivering high-quality services that present value and unrivalled standards of excellence.
As a whole staff team, we review these values regularly to ensure they continue to define who we are as a company and the actions we work we strive to achieve.
Our Founding principles set by Simon in 2002 are still true today: As an organisation, our cultural starting point was to make Sport for development work sustainably, and commercially viable but with a strong social investment in communities and people based on the following principles:
Value for money
Consultancy based on expertise
Providing consultancy that gave solutions not just feeding back on what was already known
Disrupting the sector to benefit of people in disadvantaged positions
Providing a culture that enabled people to nurture their skills and not be discriminated against because of their gender or background
Working remotely and being streamlined in operational delivery through minimal central costs
working with those who have fewer resources
We are proud of what we have achieved and more importantly how we have achieved this.
Our strategic themes both reflect our cultural values and where our expertise lies. If in doubt speak to our people or partners.
The fact is, AED’s save lives. Research shows that if you can get a Defibrillator to a casualty within 3 minutes, the success rate goes up to a staggering 75%.
This 3-hour Basic Life Support awareness course is suitable for anyone looking to gain basic first aid knowledge and skills. It is particularly suitable for healthcare professionals for the purpose of Continual Professional Development (CPD).
Our Vision and Mission have evolved over time, in collaboration with young people and underpinned by our CATCH values. We believe in the power of creativity to effect positive change and empower young people and adults to create change in their communities.
This qualification is for those that are interested in, or are required to attend annual training in basic life support. While some candidates may be interested in undertaking this qualification for personal development, those working in a GP or dentist surgery may attend to meet industry requireme...
Our Basic Life Support Training includes CPR first aid training and covers the safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and is given under the guidelines established by the Resuscitation Council (UK).
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